Example sentences of "[noun prp] come [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Blyth came back the next year he was even more unpleasant than before , having lost his left leg from above the knee in a road accident ( the boy he was playing'chicken ’ with was killed ) . |
| 2 | Mrs Singh came down the hall and opened the door , smiling . |
| 3 | Carrie sat around the bed with her mother and Fred chatting for a while , and it was not too long before they saw Joe Maitland coming down the ward . |
| 4 | Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day . |
| 5 | At that moment Jack Carter and Dougal Munro came down the main staircase . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , have you not ? ’ snapped the other , coming hastily forward to confront her as Theda came down the rest of the stairs . |
| 7 | While she was working , Kalchu came up the ladder carrying a basket of jharo , the resinous wood that 's gouged from deep inside the trunks of the oldest , tallest pine trees , then cut into chips and burned for lighting . |
| 8 | Kalchu came up the ladder carrying a cockerel . |
| 9 | Martha came up the companion , followed by a boy very much taller than she was . |
| 10 | Seeing Harry coming down the wet , narrow street , she knew straight away that he was bringing bad news . |
| 11 | And Mrs comes out the |
| 12 | Chapman came back the next year , he said , because he had more time , not because the finances were in a muddle . |
| 13 | Dawson came down the scale and finished with a bass boom , index finger down heavily , thumb extended . |
| 14 | Cos erm Greg came down the other night . |
| 15 | Sharp was very excited , and asked Kimber to come back the next day to play the tunes , while he wrote them down . |
| 16 | Wilkie came up the sand and arranged her return with M. Grimaud . |
| 17 | Let's go ! ’ and Dave came down the tree in a way that made my eyes water . |
| 18 | Dot woke when she heard Gloria coming down the clanky metal steps outside , heard her stumble her way across the room , and then felt herself being pushed to the far side of the bed . |
| 19 | ‘ Look , ’ he says , ‘ here are the Waylands coming up the Parkway to call on Charles Aught … |